Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Private Bradley Manning, the soldier responsible for bravely leaking
government documents and footage to website Wikileaks.org, showing
among other things, civilians being murdered in the Middle East, has
been found guilty on six counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917.
The 25-year-old American born solider, who spent some of his formative
years in Wales (United Kingdom), was acquitted of the most serious charge of "Aiding the
Enemy."

Edward Snowden

Manning has been kept under terrible prison conditions, meant
to punish and break him physically and mentally, before trial. His
conviction comes as a disappointment to many, who view it as a blow to
free speech and free press. Manning exposed government wrongdoing and
like NSA leaker, Edward Snowden, should be commended for that. It's
ironic and hypocritical that select members of government egregiously
break the law, yet those that expose it should be sentenced to
prison. There's something very wrong with that.